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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, but I don't really think of attorney jobs at the DOJ as public service jobs where you are making a big sacrifice to serve your country.  I've worked in Big Law and I have friends at the DOJ/FTC/SEC etc. and once people have families, almost everybody who isn't a partner wants a government job because the lifestyle is just more conducive to a real family life, the pace is slower, there are fewer crazy clients asking weird things of you on your weekend time, and you're still making &gt;$100K.

DOJ etc. attorney jobs are in very high demand by very smart people -- it's not like you're teaching science in Appalachia.  If you have to hold your nose so much to perform your DOJ job -- it's such a tremendous personal sacrifice to work for $130K a year, get every other Friday off, telecommute, and spend quality time with your family -- I suggest that you quit your job and get that high salary job in Big Law you've been secretly dreaming about, and give someone else a chance at yours, because many would take it and be quite good at it.[/quote]

You people are nuts! Hold my nose? I LOVE WHAT I DO! It's the only thing I have ever wanted to do! And maybe your friends telecommute every week and whatever other perks that you think makes its a cushy job, but that's not my reality. When you start prosecuting drug rings, rap soars and murders come back and tell me about how easy I supposedly have it. The real issue with all of you is how dare I an attorney have the nerves to ask for financial aid.
Who care whether my financial situation actually supports it, right? It's just how dare I an attorney of all things not feel ashamed to need FA.
And give me a damn break $130K is not comparable to $300K. And dream
Of a job at big law. Don't kid yourself...it's not everyone's dream...graduating in the top 10% of my class at a top 20 I certainly could have had big law if I ever wanted it. Imagine some of us don't dream of being a partner at a firm...
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Welcome to the middle class squeeze. You are not eligible for FA.[/quote]

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